Lorain man gets 5 years in Jackson shooting

By KAYLEE REMINGTON

Friday, April 26, 2013

ELYRIA -- Marlon Capers, 20, of Lorain, was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday for the shooting of Jon Jackson outside Biggie's Pub on Dec. 30.

Capers pleaded guilty to charges of felonious assault and having weapons while under disability. An attempted murder charge was dropped in exchange for his guilty plea in Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Rothgery's courtroom.

Police reported that Jackson, 30, of Lorain, stumbled in front of a police cruiser and was bleeding profusely from bullet wounds on his right thigh and right hip.

He flagged down Officer Wesley Fordyce and said, "I'm shot! That SUV is the one that shot me!"

Witnesses said a man in his early 20s, dressed in dark clothing, was seen holding a gun in the parking lot of Biggy's, 1757 Oberlin Ave., shortly after the shooting.

A witness reported hearing four gunshots before seeing the man give a gun to a group of men who were in the parking lot. The man entered a white SUV which went north on Oberlin Avenue.

Police said Capers went into hiding after the shooting, but was arrested by Lorain narcotics detectives outside of a Utica Avenue residence on Jan. 2.